Creativity with Extinction Rebellion — Charlie Waterhouse
Charlie Waterhouse is a co-founder of the Art Group and Media team at Extinction Rebellion based in London. He’s Creative Director of This Ain’t Rock ’n’ Roll, and a director of the Brixton Pound. We talk about the origins of Extinction Rebellion, a global movement using non-violent direct action to persuade governments to take action on climate, and inspire public consciousness to the cause.
Aggregating Web3 Social with Yup — Nir Kabessa
Nir Kabessa is the Co-Founder and CEO of Yup, along with Co-Founder Vernon Johnson. Yup is the best of web3, all in one feed. Aggregating the best content of Lens, Farcaster, Mirror, NFTs and Twitter. Nir was President of Blockchain at Columbia from 2018 to 2020. Since 2020 he’s been a Mentor at the Columbia IBM Blockchain Accelerator. Speaker and investor, contributing at publications including Forefront, Hacker Noon and Big Think. We talk about the EVM as a social network. The rapid evolution, growth and experimentation we’re seeing in web3 social. What it means for media networks like UFO. And Nir’s early origins in the crypto space, starting way back in 2014 and amping up from 2017.
A Social Crypto Wallet with Zerion — Alexander Guy
Alexander Guy is head of growth at Zerion. A place to manage your crypto, DeFi and NFT portfolios. Trade across multichain and connect to any decentralized application. We talk about the crypto lifestyle. Why we think it’s a compelling space to be looking to join a company or create a project. And common pitfalls of the crypto lifestyle like FOMO, always being on, stress about security, excessive information input, and getting up to speed when you’re new and joining crypto.
Alex Masmej Talks $DEGEN: Fueling Drakula's Growth and the Onchain Creator Economy
Join us in this episode as we sit down with Alex Masmej, the brain behind Drakula and a key player in the farcaster ecosystem. From his early days of conceptualizing Showtime as the 'Instagram of NFTs' to pioneering Drakula, Alex's journey is nothing short of remarkable. Drakula, now making waves as the 'TikTok of Web3', has seen an explosive start with over $30M in transactions in just two weeks, introducing a new and engaging way for fans to support video creators. Alex returns to the podcast to share the lessons learned from pivoting Showtime to creating Drakula, highlighting the strategic moves, go-to-market strategy, and the decision to adopt $DEGEN as the native currency of the app. I hope you enjoy our conversation and our genesis episode on Pods!
